AFP via Getty Images By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent Port Sudan is rapidly becoming a crucial hub in the midst of Sudan’s violence. The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet joined the latest evacuation mission to Jeddah. In the dead of night, as HMS Al Diriyah approached Sudan’s coast, Saudi officers flicked on sweeping
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Video has emerged showing a branch of the Central Bank of Sudan on fire as fighting continues throughout Khartoum. The BBC has not been able to verify the date it was filmed. On Sunday, air strikes intensified in the city despite a truce aimed at allowing civilians to flee. The army said it was attacking
Reuters By George Wright BBC News The FBI said they are hunting for a man accused of killing five of his neighbours in Texas after an argument about him practice-shooting nearby. Suspect Francisco Oropeza, 38, is “armed and dangerous”, an FBI agent said. He allegedly opened fire on his neighbours after they asked him to
Getty Images By David Wallace Lockhart & Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Liz Truss is contesting a government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former Conservative prime minister has been asked to foot a bill of about £12,000 for costs incurred at Chevening House
Reuters Adidas is being sued by investors who claim the firm knew about Kanye West’s problematic behaviour years before it ended their partnership. Investors allege Adidas failed to limit financial losses and take precautionary measures to minimise their exposure. The sportswear giant ended its collaboration with the designer and rapper, who is known as Ye,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Joshua Nevett BBC News Transport Secretary Mark Harper has accused the RMT transport union of “cynically targeting the Eurovision song contest” by calling strikes on the day of the final. RMT members are due to strike
Getty Images US regulators are racing to find a rescuer to buy First Republic Bank in a deal that could be announced as soon as Sunday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has reportedly asked six banks to bid for the embattled lender. Shares in First Republic plunged last week after it admitted customers had withdrawn
Reuters Fighting has intensified in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, shattering the latest ceasefire aimed at allowing people to flee to safety. On Sunday the army said it was attacking the city from all directions, with air strikes and heavy artillery, to flush out its paramilitary rivals. The latest truce was due to end late on Sunday.
US President Joe Biden said 92-year-old tycoon Rupert Murdoch made him look like singer Harry Styles, and joked that he was friends with one of the US founding fathers, James Madison, at an annual press dinner. The president traditionally faces friendly jibes in front of journalists at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Mr Biden, aged
Reuters By Paul Adams & Charley Adams Diplomatic correspondent An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said. A deadline for British nationals to reach an airstrip north of the country’s capital Khartoum for the UK’s final rescue flights has expired. “We can’t stay there forever in such
Reuters Norway’s capital Oslo has unveiled a statue of a walrus who was a popular attraction but was then put down because of public safety concerns. The life-size bronze sculpture depicts Freya lying on her side on a shore. “This is how humans treat wild nature, but it is also how humans treat humans. This
Reuters By Orla Guerin BBC News, Izmir, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reappeared on the campaign trail in western Turkey on Saturday in the flesh, and in thundering form. He arrived in the port city of Izmir to a sea of flags, and a large crowd that had been waiting hours under a hot sun.
Reuters Police in Texas say they believe a man killed five of his neighbours after an argument about him practice-shooting with a semi-automatic weapon nearby. The victims were all from Honduras, and included an eight-year-old child. The shooting happened on Friday night in the small town of Cleveland, San Jacinto County, north of Houston. Among
By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg With the elections for thousands of councillors in England on Thursday MPs, councillors and their hardy activists have been knocking on voters’ doors over the last few weeks. Forget about the politics for a second – I’ve heard some pretty hair-raising stories about what can go wrong
EPA By George Wright BBC News The former prime minister of Sudan has warned that the conflict in his country could become worse than those in Syria and Libya. Abdalla Hamdok said the fighting will be a “nightmare for the world” if it continues. The latest ceasefire between warring generals is faltering, with airstrikes reported
Reuters via Pol Perello Franch By Ben Morris BBC News A former president, a world-famous Hollywood director and a rock music icon walk into a restaurant. It sounds like the setup to a joke, but staff at Amar restaurant in Barcelona witnessed just that on Thursday night. Employees were left in shock when 44th US
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